Article: BELLA BALSAMIC TRADIZIONALE CLASS OF THIS VINEGAR IS STUNNING DROP BY DROP.(Lifestyle)

Three months after returning from Italy, most members of a tour group still hadn't opened one of their more cherished souvenirs - tiny bottles of verrrrry expensive balsamic vinegar.

``It's still sitting on our table, like some kind of prize,'' said one.

``We haven't used any of it. It's become a show-and-tell kind of thing,'' said another.

``I'm still waiting to get an eye-dropper,'' said a third, indicating she'll dole it out a drop at a time.

Wait a minute. Aren't we talking balsamic vinegar, the stuff that's taking over grocery shelves for as little as $2 per 500-milliliter bottle?

Not exactly. The stuff the tourists ...

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